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,. .w-... h r J 'r ' 1 ' V r, 1 1 i. ) Mrs. P. D. Armour, Jr., Married In the presence of a small gathering, mostly relatives. Mrs. May lister Ar mour, widow of Philip I. Armour. Jr.. of Chicago, was married to Patrick A. Valentine at the Hotel Netherland. New York. The wedding, which was as pimple and quiet as possible, took place in one of the private parlors of the hotel. The Rev. Dr. Stires ofliciat 'd at the ceremony. Mrs. Armour en tered the room with the bridegroom, and there were no attendants. The bridal gown of blue chiffon over atin was elaborately trimmed with lace, ami the bridal bouquet was of pink roses. A unique feature of the reremony Differences in The three big states of Washington. Oregon and California occupy 317,420 square miles, but they contain only 2.416.692 people. The one little state of Massachusetts occupies only 8.010 square miles, but it contains 2.805.3 lt people. Are.t of AfrU-a. The area of Africa including Mada gascar and the adjacent inlands Is estimated at 1 1 ,9."0.00) square miles, or about 4,000,oi0 less than the area of America tNorth and South). The area of Cape Colony is 277.077 square miles; Transvaal Colony, 120.000 square miles; Orange River Colony. 00.000 square miles; Natal. 29.200 square miles, making a total of 476.277 square miles. The area of the prov ince of British Columbia Is 383,300 square miles. Trlare Ilenrr Highly Honored. It has always been an unwritten law in the New York navy yard that no salute shall be fired on Sunday. Even when President McKlr.lcy died the mlaute guns were not fired until the next day, yet the long establisnd rule was violated when 1'rince Henry ar rived. ' 1 Officer Charged Major L. V. T. Waller of the United States Marines, and Lieut. Day of his force, are to be court-martialed for tor turing and executing without a trial "Horn Wefk'" In Massachusetts. A representative of Melrose in the Massachusetts legislature has intro duced a bill for the official establish ment in that ptate of an "old home week." cuch as successfully prevails in Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont, and during which New Englanders who have found homes eteewaere re turn to the state of their birth for the period of celebration. Aa I".U Temper. For embittering life, for destroying the most sacred relationship, for de vastating homes in short, for sheer gratuitous misery-producing power evil temper stands alone. loplatlon of Germany. The population of Germany In creased by 7.8 per cent In the years 3 $95 to 1900 the highest rate on rec ord in that country. few Meslcan War Veterans. Of the 110,000 American soldiers who participated in the Mexican war only about 3,000 are living. ' was the presence of Mrs. Valentine's two little sons, the children of Philip I). Armour, Jr., who gave their mother away at the altar. In their eagerness the little fellows forced her to hurry faster than she wished toward th waiting bridegroom. The marriage is set down by society gossips as purely a love match, as though Mrs. Valentine iaherited the bulk of her late husband's fortune amounting to several million dollars Mr. Valentine is himself a very rich man. He has been in charge of Philip 1). Armour's interests in Chicago for many years, is a well-known society man and a general favorite. Population. With Cruelty natives of the Island of Samar. Friends of Major Waller, who has a distin guished record of service in Cuba and Tientsin. China, where he commanded the United States marines, attribute his actions to temporary insanity due to experiences on the terrible march through Samar, in which he and his men nearly died from the privations suffered. Some of the circumstances In the case are peculiarly atrocious. One na tive was tied to a tree and publicly shot in the arms. The third day he was shot in the body, and the fourth day he was killed. Sailing Vessels Constructed. Only five sailing ships of over 100 tons were built in the United Kingdom last year. All the vessels were con structed on the Clyde and were regis tered in London. Adventurous Explorer. Dr. Max Uhle of the University of California recently returned frcm Peru, where he explored many ancient ruins' of cities and palaces never before seen by the eyes of a white man. He hopej shortly to go still further into the dim past with the hope of uncovering the sources of the first American civiliza tion. Brief bat Comprehensive VfllL "Everything I have I give to my wife." These word3 constitute the last will and testament of a Brooklyn man who died recently. It is said to be one of the briefest wills ever recorded. Mad la Drink to; Water. . It is claimed that mud in drinking water jnay be more of benefit than det riment. The mud overcomes offensive odors and destroys many of the Im purities of bad water. Hrltons In Germany. The last census taken In Germany showed that 16.173 British subjects were residing there. o n g o j Bank Cashier Ends Life Persuading his son to leave the sick chamber on the pretense of wanting water, Frank W. Cottle of Elkhart, 111., placed a revolver muzzle In his mouth and blew away one side of his head, dying Instantly. The tragedy Is the outcome of the exposure of 132.000 shortage In Cottle's accounts a? cashier of the state bank of Elkhart, which failed recently. Cottle had been cashier of the Elk hart bank since its organization. He was long connected with the Gillett3. Now the Motor Sleigh Motor sleighing Is the latest fad In the German capital. An ingenious au tomobilist has hit on a plan of apply ing the horseless vehicle Idea to the winter-grasped regions of northern Europe, where automobiles on wheels are of little use in deep snow and on rough ice. The innovation will, of course, prove more practical in Russia, Norway, Sweden and Scotland than in Berlin, where it was Invented. But there have been heavy falls of snow in Prus sia this winter and sleighing has been very popular. J S Kr ub Will Cjre Leprosy Medical men all over the world are interested in the reports from Hono lulu and Tahiti of successful results obtained in the treatment of leprosy from the active principal of the tua tua shrub. The tua-tua's scientific name is Jatropha Gossipifolio, and it comes from Venezuela. Dr. C. E. Camp, assistant in the bac teriological laboratory of the board of health of Hawaii, has been experiment ing on lepers in Honolulu ever since the receipt of the shrubs. The direct effect of the medicine is to reduce the frightful swellings which disfigure the features of the lepers-, and which dis tort their extremities. Nails which had fallen off the fingers and toes re appeared and the stiffness of the limbs, which is characteristic of leprosy, is much lessened. In Tahiti really wonderful advance toward the cure of leprosy has been achieved by the use of the shrub, but in Hawaii it has been difficult to in duce the lepers to undergo the treat ment. The newspapers of Honolulu have taken the matter up and in vigorous terms have urged that the board of health give Dr. Camp every opportun' nity for investigating th!e merits of the tua-tua. Certainly with more than 1,000 lepers in confinement in the is lands it is worth while doing every thing possible to find a check for the terrible scourge. A Cemetery for Animals. According to an advertisement in a Paris oaDer. a company has just been formed with a capital of 14,000 to establish i cemetery for domestic pets. A tomb may be rented for about four shillings a year, and the cemetery is divided into seDarate inclosures for don. eats, birds and "miscellaneous animals." This classification seems a Breakfasts for Half a Cent. vartiiin? breakfasts, consisting of fFo hronil and butter and jam, are now being provided by the Salvation Army for poor children in ewcascie, England. Depth of Texas Oil Wells. The average depth of the Texa3 routine oil wells is a few feet more than a thousand, and the height to which the oil is ejected 60 to 200 feet. Product of Colorado Quarries rl-a rln nrnriilCPS marble Of all colors; granite the finest in the United states, and sandstone or aa Hinas oi texture and colors. At Mohammad's Tomb. The canopy of Mohammed's tomb at Mecca Is made of the heaviest variety of black silk manufactured especially for this purpose. Ijttest London Craze. Drug-taking for insomnia has. be come a craze among certain sections or London society. serving aa private secretary to John D, Glllett during his lifetime. He was made executor of the will of John D Gillett. under a provision of the testa ment, but another executor was se cured, because of the dissatisfaction of several of the heirs. Mr. Cottle was 56 years of age. and left a wife and fire sons, all residing in Elkhart. His father was a Louisi ana sugar planter who was wealthy He was marriead to Mary Eleanor Gay in Marquette, Mich., twenty-eight yearB ago. Women Physicians In India. In the memory of people not yet venerable great changes have taken place in the status of oriental women, and not the least important are to be found in India. Hospitals for women have been built by native princes. while subscriptions of well-to-do Hin doos, Mahometans and Parsees have made such . Institutions possible in many centers of population. Women physicians are officially appointed and maintained, and the number is stead ily increasing. The automobile sleigh Is similar in construction to the motor cars in use for passenger transport, save that the wheels have been done away with and the vehicle placed on runners. ' The motor is connected with what looks s like a paddle wheel of a steamboat in miniature. The wheel, which is constructed en tirely of steel, catches in the frozen snow and so drives the sleigh forward. These motor sleighs travel at twice the speed of a sleigh drawn by horses and so a new and exciting pastime is provided. Tua-Tna, Anti-Leprous Shrub. trifle invidious. Imagine one's pet pony being branded as a -miscellaneous animal." while objects like budge-rigars and avadavats are pro vided with a class to themselves. Spanish Farm Wares. In Spain a man who works on a farm receives about 25 cents a day. In the vineyards wages range from 14 cents a day for women and boys to 21 cents for unskilled men and to 42 to 56 cents for those upon whose skill the whole responsibility of the raisin crop rests. Tides Chang- Color of Beach. In the Gulf of Mexico there is an island where the beaches change coloi twice daily with the tides. When un covered the sands are purple, but the inflowing tide speedily transforms thein to gold. Switzerland's Salt Mines. Switzerland has, at Bex. salt mines which have been worked for 348 years The galleries are twenty-five miles in length, and the profits 175,000 a year. Fee Charges are Heavy. Officials of Westminster Abbey charge fees aggregating over $2,000 when a memorial is placed in the ab (I Distinguished Dr. Christian Fenger died at Chicago last week after a week's illness with pneumonia. Dr. Fenger was the father of modern pathological surgery In the west, and his name was known the world over. He was a master of his art. The doctor was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Nov. 3. 1S40. Showing early In life a love for military sur gery he served his country In 1864 dur ing the war between Denmark and Germany. At that time he was a med ical student, not receiving his diploma until 1867. when he graduated from the University of Copenhagen. He served as an assistant in Wllhelm Mayer's ear clinic, and for two yeara was an interne in the Royal Fried rich's hospital, succeeding the great Jacolson. Again taking up military duty. Dr. Fenger served throughout the Franco Prussian war as surgeon in the Red Cross ambulance corps, serving on the French side. From 1871 to 1S74 he was prosector, and during 1873-'74 was privat-docent at the Copenhagen city hospital. Leaving Copenhagen in 1875, Dr. Fenger accompanied Griessenger, the eminent nerve specialist, with the san Famous Actress Ada Rehan, who is said to have re tired from the stage, is Irish and be longs to a family which, for over a quarter of a century, has been identi fied with the American stage. Her family name Crehan. Miss Rehan was born in Limerick, Ireland, on April 22, 1859. and came to the United States with her parents and their five other children in 1SC3. The family set tled in Brooklyn. Her sisters, Kate and Hattie, began their stage career under the name of the Misse3 O'Neill. Kate Crehan married Oliver Doud By ron. And Ada Crehan Joined the By ron company. She made her debut in the small part of Clara in "Across the Continent." She obtained an engage ment with Mrs. John Drew's company at Philadelphia, then went to Louis ville, where she became a member of the stock company at McCauley's the ater. From Louisville Ada Rehan went to Albany, N. Y., where she became lead ing woman of the stock company. At the close of the season she appeared with the Byron company in "Thor oughbred," and a little later with Fan ny Davenport, Edwin Booth, Adelaide Neilson, John McCuIlough. Mrs. D. P. Powers, John T. Raymond and Law rence Barrett. In 1878 she joined the company of Augustin Daly, and for many years played leading roles at the Olympic theater and on lower Broadway. She Command for Gen. MacArthur Maj.-Gen. Arthur MacArthur will be he next commander of the Depart ment of the Lakes. U. S. A. He will succeed Gen. Elwell S. Otis, the pres ent commander, upon his retirement from service on March 24. when he will reach the age limit. Gen. Mac- Arthur, who was the predecessor of Gen. Chaffee as head of the American forces in the Philippines, i3 at present Minister Rebikes the King The Rev. Joseph Parker, the noted English evangelist and minister of the City Temple of London, has created something of a sensation in England by criticising in a sermon King Ed ward's actions in trying his hand at brewing beer while on a visit to a brewery", and in breaking the Sabbath by attending a Sunday concert." The Rev. Mr. Parker asked his auditors what might be expected of English churchmen - when the head of the church is so lax, and was applauded. Kskimos and Modern Tools. Lieutenant Commander Niles C. Gorgas has presented to the University of Pennsylvania an interesting collec tion of Eskimo spears and harpoons, which were gathered along the north coast of Alaska, from Point Barrow to Herschel Island. Commander Gorga3 is stationed upon the United States tteamer Thetis, and reports that since ' the gold discoveries at Nome the na- Physician Dead " itary council, which visited tile Kha lift district of Cairo. After his career In Egypt Dr. Fenger went to Chicago This was In 1877. In the following year the surgeon be came a member of the attending staff of the Cook county hospital, and then began in a larger sense the remarkable career aa a pathologist which made the doctor an International reputation. He was the first real pathologist in west era America and at the time of his death was considered the best patbol oglst in this country, excepting pos sibly Welch of Johns Hopkins univer sity. The doctor was a frequent contribu tor to scientific literature, 80 articles being credited to his pen during the last thirty years. As an evidence of his thoroughness in research. Dr. Fenger is said to have performed between 7.000 and 8,000 post-mortem examinations. Dr. Fenger had been honored by the king of Denmark, who conferred upon him the order of Rldder af Dannebrog, Foreign Doctors In London. According to the recently issued cen sus returns there are 169 male and six female foreign physicians, surgeons and general practitioners located in London. Of these, there are nine male and one female Russians, one maH Russian Pole, seven male and three female Swedes-, two male Norwegians, three male Danes, four male Dutch.one male Belgian, twelve male French. thirty-two male and one female Ger mans, three male Austrlans, eight male Swiss, three male Spaniards, one male Portuguese, twelve male and one female Italians, two male Greeks, three male Turks, two male Japanese, one male Asiatic and eixty-thrce male Am ericans. Australia's I .arc" Cemetery. The largest cemetery in the world is Eaid to be at Rockwood. Australia, which covers 2.000 acres. Only a plot of 200 acres has been used thus far, in which 100,000 persons of all nationali ties have, been buried. Leaves Slaoie replaced Emily Rigl, and during the falf of 1879 was installed as leading woman of Daly's company. Miss Rehan has created more than forty characters, and ha3 been seen In nearly all of the leading female roles of standard English comedy. The round-the-world cruise of the Duke and Duchess of York cost he British government 5540.000. stationed at Denver, commanding the Department cf the Colorado. Upon his succession to the command of the Lakes station, it is thought that Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston will assume control of the Colorado department. A Ulowr at the Kodaker. It is to be fully understood that the guests at large will not be allowed to use hand cameras within the Abbey during the coronation of King Edward, although this regulation will not ex tend to the people who have the good fortune to occupy seats in the grand stand that is to be set up at the en trance to the Abbey. This will be un der an awning, but in mid-Juhe there should be plenty of light for the pur pose. Russia's Three Armies. Russia has three different armies. In Europe her men are five years in the active army, 13 In the reserve, and five years in the second reserve. In Asia they are seven years in active service and six In the reserve.' In Caucasia they are only three In the active army and 15 in the reserve. mat tSrxvj tives have largely given up their old Implements for those of civilization, and this fact make3 the collection more valuable historically. Univer Eity Clippings. " 1 i J- - ''S ,'4 " v h4--f L ,.:, I ' OUR TK0P1CAL TItADE IMMENSE BUSINESS POSSIBILITIES ARE OPENED UP. GB, James II. VTIlaon lis Wall nesrrihod tha lleaaflU Which Arm Within Car Keaeb Island of Cnbn Is Ik Mess rrosBUIa rield. Gen. James II. Wilson In an ad dress on "Our Trade Relations With the Tropics" recently delivered at Boston, gives an exhaustive review of tbo future possibilities In our dealings with Cuba, Porto HIco, and other tropical countries. He favors an Am erican Customs Union with all the countries south of us, beginning with Cuba, and as the benefits are received and felt In our enlarged commerce, ex- ' tending the Union to other nations. He considers Cuba the mod valuable field for commencing the work. It has about 43.000 to 46.000 square miles, or 27,.r00,000 acres at the least, mostly suitable for raising sugar, tobacco, coffee, fruits and cattle. Of this acre age nearly 13,000,000 acres are uncleared forest. These vast forests consist of mahogany and other hard woods, all valuable for manufactures, cabinet work and shipbuilding. The fruits of Cuba are manifold, und have teen arti cles of staple consumption in the United States for generations. Th altitude of Cuba vary, one elevation being 7,670 feet above the sea. These high ranges make the Interior of Cuba balmy, or to quote Gen. WIIhoh' words, "It Is, Indeed, one of the most beautiful, healthful, und Inviting is lands under the sun; and while It lies just within the tropics, It can hardly be called tropical; IU climate Is every where mitigated by the trade wlnd-i and the balmy air of the surrounding seas." Since the HpaniHh authority over the Island ceased, sanitary condi tions have been enforced, and t Iks yel low fever has disappeared. Culm Klrli In Natural Ilrsonrtas. Gen. WIIhoii regards Cuba us a promising field, provided the I'nIKd Stains will enter Into reciprocal trad-j relations with it, as the Inland cannot be annexed because of the Joint reso lution of congress. As annexation . out of tin qucHtiou for the present and until the Cubans so desire, volun tarily other arrangements for mutual prosperous trade must be made. ll regards Porto Rico sui a limited field for American enterprise and emigra tion. The population is dense aird th" land almost entirely occupied. Ah to Cuba, millions of its acres are un touched, its annual -sugar capacity a about 3,000,000 ton;?, its tobacco is th" best In the world for cigars, coffee grows nearly everywhere in the Is land, and IIk pa.sturea und grans lands will easily support several million head of cattle, or as many as Iowa and Texas. Minerals, such as Iron arid copper, are plenty. As the general says, "The island Is a natural garden. The climate and temperature of Cu!.t and Porto Rico are at all times better and more equable than In any of our states in the Mississippi Valley south of the Ohio and Missouri rivers." An to the population, the whites outnum ber the colored two to one, while in the Philippines there J one Hhlle to fifty of the colored races. Itencflt Tlint Would Knsue. With the inflow of capital and 'mi gration to Cuba all of the nation. of Central and South America will bn the recipients of the same benefits. and In Gen. Wilson's opinion, tl.eso countries "lie clearly within our right ful theater of interest or influence, and n the direction of our true trade, ex pansion. We shall much more surely gain supremacy in trade with our nearby neighbors, than with Ujob.j that lie beyond the sea, and the wider we make our reciprocity with those we have undertaken to defend, the more rapid will be their growth in wealth, power and civilization." Great National Illfliway. In I he development of these numer ous resources, there must be some ra tional highway for the travel and traf fic of the nations, and in this connec tion the conception of "The Overland Route" by Abraham Lincoln appears now In all its grandeur. Senator Ben ton urged and later on Mr. Lincoln selected the Union Pacific as the nat ural route on which the mighty streams of western commerce would be borne, and now the Isthmian canal Is to be built, the waters of the two oceans mingled, China, Japan, the Philippines and the Antilles, to throw off the sloth and oppression of cen turies, it will give to the United State the rich markets of the Orient, whose wares and people must pass over the Union Pacific as the favorite route to Europe, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Central and South America and the coast of Northern and Western Africa. They iu return will send their products to ex change for those of the nations, whili the North and South, East and Wen of the United States will pour their manufactures, meats, fruits and gralne, into the ports of every Island and ev ery continent, receiving their product1 in return over the Union Pacific as the great railroad that has brought the world together and made our country first among the nations. French and American Sports. The great trouble with this country is that it takes its amusements too 3eriously. A century or so ago duel ing was all the rage here, but so many were killed by too enthusiastic indul ence in the eport, that laws weit' finally passed prohibiting It. In France however, it Is still one of the leading Eports, and . the list of dead and wounded resulting from It In a year over there is much less than our lift of football casualties for one season. Syracuse Evening Herald. Con fas Ion, "Ah, nevah could undahstan'," said Charcoal Eph, as he helped himself to a piece of cornbread, "w'y er man blov on he soup ter git hit cool, blow On he ban's' ter keep dem wahm. an' blow on hisself ter beat de ban. Jlab eodio ob de fowl, Mistah Jackson?" Her Temper to IMame. She Before we were married you said I was the light of your life. He Well, you were, but you werca't always getting put out then. ' V L 4. 1 ' mm ' 7 " 7.n ; EL nim m i jay wi i hi smJj h -"UK.